High school news, features and notes
- High school notebook: St. V-M basketball player VJ King helps U.S. U16 team to gold medal
- VJ King earns gold medal with USA U-16 men's basketball team
- Lake's Chaese Vaudrin signs with Geneva
- Perry's Stefano Millin pledges to KSU for football
- WRA student nabs lacrosse honor
- Aurora athlete selects Mount Union for tennis
- Hoban tennis players set to play at Mount Union
- Mount Union football gains Ryan Ross, a OSU transfer & Hoban graduate
- Manchester's Richie Ashley commits to Heidelberg for football
- High school football: OHSAA approves seventh division; several schools drop into lower divisions
- Hudson Junior Invitational: Stow senior Ian Holt takes charge, leads by 6 strokes
- High school baseball: Team Summit tops Team Akron in all-star game
- Hudson Junior Invitational: Kent Roosevelt’s Kory Nielsen tackles first major tournament; Stow’s Ian Holt leads boys with opening 69
- High school all-star softball: Field’s Kerrie Trautman takes one for the team, then scores winning run
- High school notebook: Canal Park to host all-star baseball game Wednesday
- Canal Park set to host all-star baseball game Wednesday
- Hoban baseball players decide on college futures
- Hudson athletes make college decisions
- High school notebook: All-star softball games at Firestone Stadium
- All-Star softball players set to converge on Firestone Stadium
Firestone grad up for Amateur Athlete of the Year Award
The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission announced its candidates for the 2008 Greater Cleveland Sports Awards Monday.
Ohio State athletes J Jaggers (wrestling), Chris “Beanie" Wells (football) and Alex Boone (football) have been nominated for the Collegiate Athlete of the Year Award.
Cavaliers forward LeBron James, Indians pitcher Cliff Lee and PGA golfer Ben Curtis are nominated for the Professional Athlete of the Year Award.
Firestone graduate Mark Gangloff is one of three finalists for the Amateur Athlete of the Year Award.
Other wards include High School Athlete of the Year, Cleveland Clinic Courage Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be given to Cleveland St. Ignatius football coach Chuck Kyle.
The event will be held Wednesday, January 21at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. Tables for the event range from $7,500 (platinum) to $2,500 for silver. Individual tickets can be purchased for $250. Tickets and additional information are available online at Cleveland.com/sportswards or by calling GCSC at 216-621-0600.